Tire.



J. NEARY.

TIRE. f APPLICATION FILED 00T. 29, 1909.

Patented Mar.- 15, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Iiatent, I Patented Mair., i5, 19M).

.application led Qctober 29, 1909. Serial No. 525,250.

in'is a specification.

he invention relates in general to tiresfor use upon vehicles of all characters, but pertains more in lparticular to pneumatic tires adapted to be used upon motor vehicles. The broad, general object of the invention is to provide a tire havin a tread surface so desi ed, and constructs as to prevent the slndding of the vehicle upon a slippery or loose surface. The invention consists primarily in a tire having a series of circumferential ribs and a series of lateral ribs arranged at substaniiw tiai right angles to the circumferential ribs and forming a multiplicity of rectangular -cells on the tread of the tire, so as to prevent both forward slipping, when the brakes are applied, as Well as a tangential slipping relative to the direction of motionof the vehicle.

In the accompanying drawing,l Figure l of my improved tire.4 Fig. 2 is an enlarged, sectional View on thepline 2-*2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective, sectional view of a portion of my improved tire.

i eferring now more articularly to the drawing, the body or tu ular portion 4 of the tire is of the clencher type, the tread thereof being provided with a series of circumferential ribs 5 composed of rubber and formed integral with the body of the tire 4, there beingpreferably live of such circumferential ribs, although ,it is obvious that either more or less might be employed. In tersecting the circumferential ribs 5 are a plurality of lateral ribs 6, which are also.-

preferably formed integral with the tire, and spaced apart a greater distance than said circumferential ribs so as to form .a

tire. The ribs are so designed and arranfred that the cross or lateral ribs will prevent or-l ward slipping of the tire, in the event that the brakes are applied to a vehicle, and also afford abetter grip upon the tractionsurface, to increase the driving efficiency of the vehicle, whereas the circumferential ribs will prevent sidewise slipping or skidding of the Wheels on a slipperyor loose surface. In

placing the ribs atv substantially right angles to each other, and at short distances apart,a tire construction is provided whereby gravel or loose matter on the traction surface will not become wedged in the cells between the respective ribs so as to bore into the tire or be carried thereby, as is the case with most of the so-called anti-skid tires having projections upon the surface thereof, and for this reason the wearing qualities of a tire of my improved construction are materially increased With less injury to the road surface.

Having therefore described my invention and the advantages thereof, I claim:

An anti-skid pneumatic tire having a series of circumferential ribs on the tread thereof arranged at substantially equal distances apart and a series of transversely dis* posed ribs formed integral with the circumferential ribs at the point of intersection, said transverse .ribs being spaced a greater distance apartthan said circumferential ribs to form a .plurality of rectangular cavities 'on the tread of said tire, substantially as de- 45 multiplicity of cells 7 upon the tread of the 

